June 3 Edmonton A heterosexual […]

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1981-06-03

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June 3 Edmonton A heterosexual couple, civil libertarians Ken Bolton and Kathy Rankin, started a group called Straights against Discrimination (SAD), and organized a demonstration in front of Edmonton's city hall to protest the Pisces Spa raid. More than a hundred people attended, to hear representatives of labour, church, and gay community groups condemn the raid.

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May 30 Edmonton Police raided the […]

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Pisces Spa Edmonton

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Kathy Rankin Ken Bolton

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Doug Sweet, "'Police State' Slam," Calgary Sun, 4 June 1981."Spa Raid Sparks Rally for Liberties," Edmonton Journal, a.m. ed., 2 June 1981, pp. A1, A3 Greg McMaster, "Attack on Edmonton Gays," Grassroots, Fall 1981, p. 3 Gerald Hannon, "Edmonton: Bath Raids Move West," Body Politic, no. 75 (1981), pp. 7–8

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Ken Bolton

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